For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.

Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.

Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls.

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order symmetry and limitations; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.

When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.